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Materials Data on MgZn5 by Materials Project

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.17188/1664123· OSTI ID:1664123
MgZn5 is alpha Samarium-derived structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P-6m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg is bonded to six equivalent Mg and six equivalent Zn atoms to form MgMg6Zn6 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent MgMg6Zn6 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent ZnZn12 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent MgMg6Zn6 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent MgMg6Zn6 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra. All Mg–Mg bond lengths are 2.80 Å. All Mg–Zn bond lengths are 2.99 Å. There are three inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Mg and nine Zn atoms to form ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent MgMg6Zn6 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent MgMg6Zn6 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (2.80 Å) and three longer (2.83 Å) Zn–Zn bond lengths. In the second Zn site, Zn is bonded to twelve Zn atoms to form ZnZn12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent MgMg6Zn6 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent ZnZn12 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra, a faceface with one MgMg6Zn6 cuboctahedra, and faces with nineteen ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (2.80 Å) and three longer (2.85 Å) Zn–Zn bond lengths. In the third Zn site, Zn is bonded to twelve Zn atoms to form ZnZn12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen ZnZn12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty ZnMg3Zn9 cuboctahedra. All Zn–Zn bond lengths are 2.80 Å.
Research Organization:
LBNL Materials Project; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Contributing Organization:
The Materials Project; MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1664123
Report Number(s):
mp-1094428
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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